A full analysis of the huge Salesforce/Slack deal. What HPE leaving Silicon Valley means, even if only symbolically. Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon chip. All the announcements from AWS re:Invent. A smartwatch with a 9 day battery life and putting holograms right on your mantle might finally be getting practical.

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Links:

• Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal (TechCrunch)
• Why Salesforce bought Slack (Divinations)
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston (CNBC)
• Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 is a glimpse into how much better your next Android phone will be (CNET)
• Amazon to roll out tools to monitor factory workers and machines (Financial Times)
• Techmeme Snapshot of re:Invent headlines
• Wyze announces $20 smartwatch with nine-day battery life (The Verge)
• Looking Glass’s next product is a holographic digital photo frame (TechCrunch)

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